Bush and the Democrats are ignoring it. His name is Ayham al-Samarie. He is a secular Sunni and former minister of electricity, in Iraq. He claims to represent the insurgents that have not engaged in war crimes. He has credibility in the Sunni community and is willing to negotiate a settlement that could lead to the end of the war.
He can also help to rebuild Iraq's infrastructure having had intimate experience in this area. Justin Raimando has this to say.
Ayham al-Samarie, former minister of electricity in Iraq's provisional government, and the broker of recent talks between the occupation forces and the insurgents, has announced that he is forming a political party, the National Council for Unity and Construction of Iraq, to give voice to the demands of what he calls the "resistance." Samarie, a dual Iraqi-American citizen, claims to speak for those insurgent groups that have not been targeting civilians, and the central plank in the platform of the new party is a timetable for U.S. withdrawal.
Samarie, who was once received by President Bush at the White House, is the ideal candidate for leader of the growing movement inside Iraq to get the Americans out: now if only he can wangle himself another White House audience. He is no Islamist: far from being a terrorist or one of Saddam's former lieutenants, he supported the "liberation" enough to be appointed to the provisional government, and now wants to involve the recalcitrant Sunnis in the political process - a goal supposedly shared by the Americans, who continually point to their efforts to be "inclusive" as evidence of their good intentions.
Unfortunately the adminstration is ignoring this opportunity, probably because it undermines his contention that we are fighting Al Qaeda. Read more here!
Biden and Kerry are making the situation worse by outflanking Bush to the right with the offer of fresh troop blood. Then they turn to us democrats and pretend it is a peace proposal. Remember Nancy Pelosi's post that requested that we sign her socalled "Petition for a time table to end the war"? It was actually a request for more troops! No wonder she didn't bother to reply to anyone's questions, with such bald faced bullshit.